Pennsylvania · Census place 4204032
Bangor, Pennsylvania
Bangor is a borough in Northampton County, Pennsylvania with an estimated 5,171 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 184th largest of 597 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 5,171
- #184 of 597 in Pennsylvania
- Change since 2020
- -0.3%
- -16 people
- Land area
- 1.5 sq mi
- + 0.03 sq mi water
- Density
- 3,470 / sq mi
- State median 3,911
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Bangor population, 2020 to 2024
Bangor lost 16 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.3%. In the latest year it moved by +30. Among 193 Pennsylvania places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 103rd; the median place changed by +0.2%. The median place of 5,000+ in Pennsylvania has 8,364 people, so Bangor is 62% of it.
Bangor covers 1.49 square miles of land and 0.03 of water, for 3,470 people per square mile of land. The median Pennsylvania place of 5,000+ has 3,911, so Bangor is less dense than the typical town.
What county Bangor is in
All of Bangor's residents live in Northampton County, which had 322,989 residents in 2024. Bangor holds 1.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Bangor
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Bangor by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 18013. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a borough that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Bangor is
The Census internal point of Bangor is at 40.868000, -75.208500. Harrisburg, the capital, is 97.3 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Stroudsburg, PA (5,819 people), 8.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Allentown, PA, 23.7 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 40.868000, -75.208500
- DMS
- 40°52'4.80"N 75°12'30.60"W
- UTM
- 18N 482429.9E 4524124.9N
- Geohash
- dr682xfc6
- Plus code
- 87G6VQ9R+6H
Daylight in Bangor
At 40.87° N, Bangor gets about 15 h 07 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 14 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 53 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Bangor
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Pennsylvania, measured between internal points. The closest is Roseto, 0.9 miles away, with 1,564 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Bangor, PA?
5,171 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 16 (0.3%) from 5,187 in July 2020.
What county is Bangor in?
Northampton County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Bangor?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 18013.
How far is Bangor from Harrisburg?
97.3 miles (156.7 km) in a straight line, heading WSW from Bangor.
What is the nearest larger city to Bangor?
Stroudsburg, PA, with 5,819 residents, 8.0 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.